Douro-Dummer is a

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in central-eastern

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, Canada, in

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along the Trent-Severn Waterway. It was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Douro and Dummer Townships. The township is the site of

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s known as the ''Drumlins of Douro'', and home of the Warsaw Caves (near the community of Warsaw). Douro's general store was run by the same family since 1896, Patrick George Towns after moving the store opened in his hometown Peterborough in 1892; however, it closed its doors for the last time in Sunday, September 4, 2016. It was reopened as Towns and Leahy Merchantile and Deli in 2017, but it was destroyed by a fire in 2018.https://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/9150802-it-s-been-a-year-since-fire-stole-a-piece-of-douro-with-destruction-of-p-g-towns-and-sons-general-store/l

Local government

Douro-Dummer is governed by a mayor, deputy-mayor and three councillors. As of the 2022 election, the elected council members are: Mayor: Heather Watson Deputy Mayor: Harold Nelson Councillor at Large: Thomas G. Watt Councillors: * Ward 1: Ray Johnston * Ward 2: Adam Vervoort

Communities

The township comprises the communities of: * Centre Dummer * Clarina * Cottesloe * Crowe's Landing * Donwood * Douro * Five Corners - referring to convergence of Douro Seventh Line, Nassau Road and Peterborough County Road 4 * Galesburg - south of Clear Lake * Guerin - along Indian River * Hall's Glen * parts of Stony Lake, including McCracken's Landing and Juniper Island * South Beach * South Dummer * Warsaw - south end of Quarry Lake and seat of municipal government * Young's Point

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Douro-Dummer had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Notable people

Ronnie Hawkins Ronald Cornett Hawkins (January 10, 1935 – May 29, 2022) was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned more than half a century. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and raised. He ...

, American-born Canadian musician, Rockabilly Legend (resident 1970-2017) *

Leahy Leahy is a Canadian folk music group. The eight band members, all from the Leahy family of 11 siblings, are from Lakefield, Ontario and have been touring Canada and internationally since the early 1980s, when they were known as The Leahy Family ...

, Canadian folk rock band (family homestead) *

Susanna Moodie Susanna Moodie ( Strickland; 6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was an English-born Canadian author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada, which was a British colony at the time. Family Susanna Moodie was born in Bungay, on th ...

1803-1885, Pioneer, English-born Canadian writer and newspaper editor (former resident 1832-1840) *

Catharine Parr Traill Catharine Parr Traill (born Strickland; 9 January 1802 – 29 August 1899) was an English-Canadian author and naturalist who wrote about life in Canada, particularly what is now Ontario (then the colony of Upper Canada). In the 1830s, Canada ...

1802-1899, Pioneer, English-born Canadian writer, naturalist and sister of

(former resident 1832-1840)

References

https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Douro%2DDummer&DGUIDlist=2021A00053515023&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0

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